See also: 1941 in Australia, other events of 1942, 1943 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history.
Incumbents
Events
- February 15 - Singapore falls to the Japanese, with approximately 15000 Australian troops taken prisoner
- February 19 - Darwin is bombed by Japanese forces for the first time. At least 243 persons were killed
- March 20 - At Terowie, South Australia, American General Douglas MacArthur makes his famous speech which included the words I came out of Bataan and I shall return
- May 4 - The Battle of the Coral Sea begins
- May 19 - The prototype CAC Boomerang, an Australian designed and built fighter aircraft, takes to the air for the first time.
- May 31 - During an attack on Sydney Harbour, a Japanese midget submarine sinks the converted Sydney ferry, HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21
- July 6 - Elements of the Australian 9th Division arrive in El Alamein. The Division subsequently takes part in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein
- December 1 - HMAS Armidale, a corvette of the Royal Australian Navy, is sunk with the loss of 100 men
Science & Technology
Arts and literature
Film
Sport
Births
- January 17 - Ita Buttrose, journalist
- February 19 - David Williamson, playwright
- February 24 - Colin Bond, racing driver
- March 13 - George Negus, journalist
- May 13 - Richard Butler, diplomat and Governor of Tasmania
- May 15 - Doug Lowe, Premier of Tasmania
- May 16 - Margaret Court, tennis player
- May 21 - John Konrads, swimmer
- June 2 - Mike Ahern, Premier of Queensland
- June 30 - Gerry Hand, politician
- July 2 - John Farrington, long-distance runner
- July 7 - Carmen Duncan, actress
- July 23 - Sallyanne Atkinson, Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- July 25 - Bruce Woodley, musician
- October 19 - Bronwyn Bishop, politician
- November 17 - Derek Clayton, long-distance runner
- December 23 - Quentin Bryce, Governor of Queensland
Deaths
See also
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